Landon Febuary, Interactive Designer for FBIM, took a few minutes to tell me what makes him tick.
So Landon, tell me about yourself.
Landon: Well, I like stuff.
Interesting. What kind of stuff?
Landon: Robots and dragons for instance.
Do these robots and dragons inspire your work?
Landon: Possibly. I definitely envision robots and dragons fighting a lot. In the future when computers take over, we may have to turn to our spiky, fire-breathing, winged friends to protect us from the very machines we created.
Cool. What would you say is most important to your design process?
Landon: I think it is most important to imagine a design in multiple dimensions. Can you guess which one we are in now? For example, I usually start the concept phase with rough sketches using invisible ink. You really can't be too careful in this dimension. Then Legos are ideal to build the prototype, and after that I transition to large scale drawings. From there I sculpt models in clay to use in stop motion video. Once the full scope of the design concept has been fully envisioned, I move to Photoshop.
That sounds...comprehensive. At what point did you know you wanted to be a web designer?
Landon: As a very young boy, I think I was 2, I found myself craving easy, instant access to a vast and diverse amount of information and entertainment. Once the Internet and Web (or "Webernet" as I would have called it) were born, I realized someone else had beaten me to the punch. So I concentrated on the aesthetics.
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Talking with Carey Jenkins, FBIM's Producer, is like taking to an enigma trapped behind a brick wall.
So Carey, tell me about yourself.
Carey: At some point in my life, I realized that eyes are the windows to the souls. I have dry eyes. Seriously dry. I have to put drops in them constantly and sometimes my contacts just pop out.
What does that say about you?
Carey: Genetic predisposition to ocular dehydration. Also, my contacts find my soul lacking.
Who inspires you?
Carey: Yoichiro Nambu. His breakthroughs in quantum chromodynamics, spontaneous symmetry breaking, and dual resonance models paved the foundation for what we now refer to as String Theory. We have much in common.
What is a frequent misconception about project managers?
Carey: That we are control freaks. You should ask me about my process.
Alright, tell me about your process.
Carey: It is far too complex to go in to here.
Right. Tell me what you are looking for when you surf the internet?
Carey: The same thing everyone is looking for. Semantically valid XHTML markup. Syndication and aggregation of data. An architecture of participation and democracy. Extensive use of folksonomies. Mash-ups. And occasionally, discount coffins.
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